Type-writer attachment.



G. SMEDAL.

TYPE WRITER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV= 2|, 1914.

1,149,792. Patented Aug. 10,1915.

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G. SMEDA'L.

TYPE WRETER ATTACHMENT.

APPucATmN FILED NOV: 21 x914.

1,149,792. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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APFLICATTON FILED NOV; 21. 1914- Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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G. SMEDAL.

TYPE wRnER ATTACHMENT.

APPLiQATION FILED NOV; 2!. i914,

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TYPE-WRITER ATTACEEXENT.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

?atented sing, it 1915,

Application filed November 21, 1914. Serial No. 873,385.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I Gnnooan Samoan, a citizen of therUnited tates, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and thereof after being so adjusted.

The invention has for an additional object to provide improved means for preventing excessive rotation of the paper roll,

as the paper is pulled therefrom when the platen of the typewriter is turned.

It isan additional object of the invention to provide a vertically adjustable main frame, a horizontally traveling paper roll frame mounted upon said main frame, and means for connecting the latter frame to the carriage of the typewriter for movement with the carriage.

The invention has for another specific item of improvement a very simple and,

novelform of paper cutter whereby the paper sheet, after h 1g written upon, maybe detached from th roll.

With the above and other objects in view,

my invention consists in the novel featit es of; construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the ac.-

companying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a front elevation showing my improved attachment arranged in operative connection with a typewriter; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fi 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a verticalsection taken on' the line H of -Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the end of one of the paper roll "cores showing the tension plug arranged supports for holding the adjustable parts therein; F igz. 6 is an end elevation of said plug; Fig. is a detail fragmentary perspective view of the paper guide and cutter; and Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the adjustable supporting members for one paper roll.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 designates a suitable base which is provided. with rubber foot members 'or cushions 6 for frictional engagement with the table or desk upon which the typewriter is mounted. In

this supporting base, spaced parallel vertical rods 7 are suitably secured at their lower ends. A bracket member 8 is provided with spaced. openings and tubular depending arms or extensions 9 which are designed to receive the. respective uprights or rods 7. Upon thisbrachet member a horizontally disposed frame is r cured. This frame includes spaced parallel metal.bars 11 between the ends of which spacing sleeves 12 are disposed. The opposite ends of these sleeves are interiorly threaded to receive threaded bolts 13. Additional sleeves 14 are also arranged between the parallel bars 11, and bolts 15 extend through the bracket member 8 and one of said bars and are threaded into said latter sleeves, the other of the frame bars being secured to the 0pposite ends of said sleeves in the manner above described. A stop plate 16 is ar ranged between one of the frame bars 11 and the end of one of the spacing sleeves 12. This plate is formed with vertically disposed lugs 17 for a purpose which will be later referred to. e

The bracket member 8 is held a ill- 1115i; vertical movement uponthe rods 7 a ter it has been adjusted by means of a pair of rods or bolts 18 which are loosely mounted for sliding movement in a horizontal passage or opening 19 formed in the body of the bracket. The outer ends of these bolts are adapted to frictionally engage the respective rods 7 when their inner ends are engaged by the tapered shank portion 21 of an adjusting screw 20; said shank being formed with a threaded extension 22 for engagement with athreaded bore or-opening in. the bracket. I 7

Upon the horizontal frame above referred to, a paper roll carrying frame is mounted for horizontal movement. This latter frame I commodate the spaced horizontal bars ll.

The forwardly extending intermediate por tion of this U-shaped body of the plate is formed with an inwardly projecting arm or extension 26 which is disposed in spaced parallel relation to the forward frame bar 11. This arm or extension is formed with 'a longitudinal slot 27. A plate 28 is engaged upon the outer faces of these arms on the end members 23 and has its upper edge" flanged as at 29, said flange engaging over the upper edges of the extensions 26. 30

designates additional forwardly extending roller supports, each of which includes a body plate 31 having a flange32 on its upper edge'to engage over the flange 29 on the plate'28. This'body plateiil' of the roller support is also formed with a longitudinally extending slot 33' which is open at one of its ends. Bolts 34 are adapted to be in? sorted through the slots' '33g openings '35 formed in the ends of the-plate 28-, and

, throughflthe'openings'27 in the extensions 26.

On the o'uter'ends ofsa id bolts clamping nuts 36 are threaded.- It is a'pparent from' this construction, that theseveral elements of the roller supporting frame may be easily and quickly adjusted and securely held in their adjusted positions whereby paper rolls of various widths may bemountedtherein. Upon the inner sides oft-he U-shaped body portions of the end members 23, hearing plates 37 are secured; in which the ends'of transversely disposed axles'38 are journaled. lVheels or rollers 39' are' fixed upon'the ends I of these axles for engagement uponthe upper edges-of .the horizontal frame bars -11 which constitute tracks. The rear wheels 39 are formed -witln peripheral grooves in the roller supporting fralne'with relation to" the relatively stationary. main frame, is prevented. r

Theupper endgof the extensions 24 on the end members are. formed with rcetangular notches orrecesses 40 and the downwardly ,p'rojecting extensions 25 of said membersare proi irled ovitlrsimilar socketsor recesses 41. lhe relatirely adjustable roller supportingmembers 30 also have such notches or recesses'42 formed in theirforwardly projecting arms 43; In these notches or recesses 40, ell aud {2, ,the several paper rolls. are mounted and su iportcd in. the man,- ner which I shall now describe. The several paper I'Ollgll'lfillCtltOLl at it are each,wound upon a tubular core 11. A. hollomslieet metal plug or shell 44 is longitudinally split -drawings it willb'e'observed that any at? tachment is adapted to be; arranged er the rear of the 'typewriterjand, as illustrated,

roller lsupporting members 2-3,,a1jiliit pivotally mounted 'at one o'f 'its ends, as

as at 45 to provide opposed resiliently movable portions. One end of this shell is inwardly tapered as at 46 so as to facilitate I 1 its insertion into the end of the-roll core R The opposite end of the split metal shell is formed with an enlarged circular head 47 provided with a central opening 48. The opposed portions of the shell 44, opposite to their separated edges, are inwardly extended to provide parallel portions 49 connected by a centrally located cylindrical en- 76 largement 50ivhich is adapted to clampingly engage the shank of a bolt 51. The threaded end of this bolt projects outwardly through the opening 48 inthe head of the resilient shell and upon the same a finger piece is'enj gaged. This finger piece is formed 'from' a' plate having its ends 52 disposed ii spaced parallel relation and knurled or roughened on their outer surfaces. The intermediate I. v

ment with the threaded vend of the bolt 51$ This offset porti'onof the finger pi'ece'is 'of rectangular form and'is'adap'ted to be" seated i member; Thus, the turning movement'of pin the notchof the roller supporting'arm o'r the resilient shell or plug which is'fitteil'into" the "end of *theroll core is veifectua'lly pre vented. The relatively movable opposed portions ofthe sheet metal plug clampinglyi engage against the oppositesides of theroll core, and by frictional contact therewith,

tend to retard the'rotative movement of the roll. In this manner, excessive movementof the roll, when the paper ispulled therefrom,

isgoloviated, so that'the paper is always taut and 'ho slaclt will occur therein.

Upon referring to Figs. '1 and-2 of'the" 1m \"e'shown the device employed in 'connec-" tion with a "typewriter of the makecommonly known as Underwood'No. 5. *"Upon' the depending extension 25 of one'of -thef shown at lo the other end of this pln'te, an arm 56 is pi-votnlly conneeteihthe other end of said arm being formed with a lateral extension 57 in \VlilCli a suitable clamping- H '(lOYlCC 58 is p1\'oto .l-,'as shon'n at-SD. This clamping device is adapted to, be engaged" with therear turmul ou beaded;edge of -thd metal paper shelf. or guide it? whichieis;

mounted upon,the movable carriage of the. tvpewriter. nWhen the arm 56 lms-thus-Lbeen;

connected to the typewritercarriage, it Avill r be. apparent that uithe step by step move ment of the carriage, theroll -cui'l'lingsfi'ameL of my attaclnnontis moved upon the horizontal supporting bars 11 to afcorresponCl-i gxtenhthusshifting the paper rolls as the writing proceeds. Ihave also devised anmiproved'combined guide and aper cut= I ter'j or "use in connection with t e attachmeat. vThis device includes links 60 whichareadapte'd to be adjustably securedat one of their'ends to the roller supporting mem- "bers 23by'meansof the screws 61,- Levers offa cutter 62ers adjustably connected to the other end of'said links by the clamping screws 63, and onthe forward ends of said levers the plates 64 are secured. Each of these .plates is pro fidedfiitha opening .65 having a reduced intermediate portion. In the relatively wide ion of this opening, the ends inner portion of the opening'fio is of Anadditionalpair of levers 68 are adjustablyqheld at n o their ends by means gieater width and receives the ends of "slightly bent or curved guide plate 67.

setsciaWs-GQ upon the forwardly projecti ing roller supporting arms 43, and these levars are'equipped upon their opposite ends with-asimilar guiding and cutting device for thepaper which may be employed in lieu of the one above referred to, when the roller support is lowered upon the frame to such a position as would prevent the proper arrangement of the pivoted levers 62.

- romthe foregomg description, taken in connection with the accompany ng drawings, 'Ithe construction,"manner"of use, and

several'advantages of'my attachment will be duplicate will be produced. The traveling or slidingroller supporting frame being connected to thetypewriter'carriage in the manner above described, said frame will readily move with the carriage as the writ- "m progresses. -"After the writing is com- :pl the front p per sheet may be readily removedfrom beneath the platen roll and 1 cutofi cleanly from the paper and .roll'by means'ofthefknife or cutter 66, without disturbinglthe" carbonor the duplicate'copy.

Thefront sheet isthen again drawn down andengaged'beneath'the platen upon which another writingimay be made;

Itis'often necessary to use papers of different widths in making bills or accounts,

and forthis purpose, it will be seen that my invention is particularly advantageous;

In 'such'use,any one of the several widths r56 are adapted to be engaged.

of paper may be drawnfrom the roll and passed over the guide plate 67 and beneath the platen roller, so that the paper will be drawn only from this roll while the others remain idle. In this manner, it will be seen that I have produced a very convenient and serviceable attachment, and one which is also comparativel simple in its construction and is applicablevto various makes of typewriters now in common use. By means of my invention, the time and labor incident to the making of large numbers of accounts,

statements, bills, or the like, are greatly. reduoed.

While I :have above referred to the preferred form, construction, and arrangement of the several elements employed, it is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited thereto, but reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodiedtherein withoutdepartgfrom the spirit or scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my inven- Letters Patent is:-

1. .A paper roll support including a rela tion, what I desire to claim and. secureby tively stationary horizontally disposed frame,

a supporting standard therefor, a pa rroll carrying frame longitudinally slidab e upon said stationary frame and provided with means for supporting paper rolls in superposed relation above and below the plane of said stationary frame, and means for vertically adjusting said stationary frame upon its support whereby the paper roll carrying frame is raisedfor lowered.

2. A paper roll support including a frame embodying "opposed supporting members provided with means for supporting a pairof paper rolls in superposed relation, addi p projecting supporting 1 members mounted u on the respective first tional forwardly named members an adjustable longitudinal'ly with "relation thereto to support a third paperroll in a planeintermediate the superposed rolls, and means for holding the several supporting members against relative movement with respect to each other;

- 3. A paper roll support including a horizontally disposed stationary frame, a paper roll carrying frame embodying spaced roll Supports provided with hearings to receive andsupport between themia pair of paper rolls said Supports being relatively adjust 'able, means onsaid roll supports mounted upon the stationary frame for longitudinal 1 travel, additional relatively adjustable paper roll supports to receive athird paperroll,

and, means common to the. corresponding roll supportsto retam the same in adjusted relation with respect to each otherand with i respect to the complementary roll supports.

' 4. paper roll support including a horiing arms, a common supporting plate-for said roll supports and the additional-supporting arms, and means for clamping the corresponding roll supports to said plate and I securing the same in their adjusted positions with respect to each other and with respect to the complementary l'oll-supportss- 5. A paper roll support including sta tionary- \trackand Ya paper roll carrying frame'consisting of a pair-of supports each ports HPOIlzSitlfl plate toward or may from eachother, each of said supports being pro; vided with a plurality of paper roll receiv ing bearings: a 1- 6. An attachment for typewriters tinc'1ud-- 1 ing a paper roll carrying framep'a support: therefor. upon which said frame is dongi- .tudinally gnovable, means for 's'ertieally adjusting the support and the'roll carrying frame with respect to the platenzof'thetypewriter, and flexible'means carried bytheiroll j support for detachable connection:= to 1 the typewriter carriage to cause'the roll-frame to movelongfiudinally with the;carria;ge,

but permit-ofthe "ertical a dj ustment of said frame and its support without disconnecting the ,frame from the carnage.

7 An attaehnientfor typewriterslinclucling a stationary, frame,;a paperarollr-sups porting frame longitudinally @reciproeable". -upon saulstatwnary frame anclvembody mg spaced supportingmembers, said members being provided WItlL 'IIIPHIIS to. 1fece1ve and support. beti f v n them paper rolls above; and below the horizontalftrame,-means for ads: ustmg said members IQltltlYQtO each other, .1 roll frame'- to theiearrla' e ofia ,typewrite and means connected to onpof thesupports' for c etaehable engagement witli-atypewriterz carriage. whereby the: support is shifted-lone: gitudinally upon the stationary frame, in the; movement'of the" carriage. s

8,1An attachment for typewriters include 1 ing a stationary support, a paper roll-sup-h porting frame longitudinally movable upon.

the stationary support and embodying means vupon' said support,

paper roll" =frame longitudina provided: with rollers to travel-longitudinally on the track, a plate conneeting the supports, and 'mea'ns for adjusting the $41111 means for A, first ,naureul- *trame, means: for detaclrably? ports, and" means for'fdetachab the p per-roll 'supporting f -ria ge'oftypewrlte f -'with. e v 2 ing a stationarysupport, ahorizontallyidi posed 1 frame mounted upon said support; a; (paper rollcarrying"? ame longitudinally. movable uponi said "'11 ri'zo'ntal fra provided with -meansf6r s'uppfortin 'i'ality ofpapei' frollsg 'and means f g cally adjusting-said liori'zonta1 frame and. the paper roll franie'uiponsai supportito position tli{paper' rolls with t th platen-of-a 'typeyvriter. -=-10. An attaclimentfof typewriter ne'lu ing a vertically disposed support, a horiz 'tal':fraine mounted upon said*s 'uppbrt,

upon said *horizon'tal traiue with means"for'supportiiig a'jp paper rolls, ineans for tletacliably connec mgf saidpaper roll trame =t o "the a typewi'i te or "mhvemntifth and means ior" er'tiea'lly adj'listin gl d' horizontal frame and the )aper ':upon said support toposit the ith respect wane-{plates ffthf #11. An'attholniient f .inga vertical. s11; )o'rt clunent r neludingf out-a1 frame ammo, a-ihor 'lougitudifnally"'n pa ble'up'on I talutrau'le; means for connecting sa d-flpape 7 consisting ofa pb. rality iot pi otal'lyfcon I ert-ically-a'djustiugsaid; horizoi'i 1 I 5 '-tal; frame '1 t it to 'poisjitipnth ='typewrite13. a An attachment neeted relatively me'n'a'ble I: el'ements,

C pou the suppoi n .paper roll-With-respect t'OT-Itliq 'pla f :ing a vertical l 'si'mpor frame lougitlul-inally iovable-fiupon I ric connecting the paper l -ell fi'a-rii' p V typewriter, mea s i r Lvertically Zadj usting: the first {named fra'iuti ,ajm tliei support to position the paper rolls "with re spect to the platenof the typewriter, a plux-nlity of pairs of guide sunnnrts pivotally mounted upon the paper roll fra e; and adjustable with respect therttn and a combined paper guide and cutter adapted to be 5 removably mounted in either pair of the guide supports.

In testimony whereof I herbunto aifix my signature in. the presence of two witnesses.

GREGGAR SMEDAL. W'itnesses:

JAMES THOMPSON, CARRIE J OHN'STON. 

